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Schematic representation of the molecular beacon used in these experiments. The molecule has an oligoadenosine probe sequence embedded within complementary arm sequences. The arms form a hairpin stem and the probe sequence is located in the hairpin loop. A fluorophore (F) is covalently linked to the end of one arm and a quencher (Q) is covalently linked to the end of the other arm.
